Giuseppe Bergomi - Allegory of Justice

The human figure has always been at the center of artistic research. Since the classical age, the naturalistic rendering of human anatomy has been a primary goal of painters and sculptors throughout history. The representation of the nude is the ultimate expression of this aspiration, pervasive across all eras and stylistic trends. Indeed, in addition to the naturalistic interpretations of the Renaissance and various classicisms, which aimed for a truthful and detailed representation of the human body, the nude has also been a central figure in the new aesthetic concepts brought about by the historical avant-garde movements, such as Cubism, Expressionism, and Surrealism.

The artistic production of sculptor Giuseppe Bergomi is always in a sort of dialectic between the pursuit of formal purity and an ostentatious hyperrealism, charged with effect, even unpleasant at times, in its slavish reproduction of reality. In the case of this sculpture, we find ourselves more in the realm of formal research, which, drawing on a thoroughly contemporary sensibility, Bergomi conducts as a subtle play of allusions. This sculpture clearly references classicism, with more specific references to certain 19th-century academic production. This type of aesthetic is founded on the pursuit of absolute harmony and formal balance, which Bergomi pairs with a cold and rational cube, a symbol of absolute perfection.

Giuseppe Bergomi is a sculptor born in Brescia in 1953 who lives and works in Ome. He initially trained as a painter at the Brera Academy. In 1981, he began creating sculptures, and in 1982, he held his first solo exhibition at the Galleria dell'Incisione in Brescia. In 1996, he was invited to the XII Quadriennale d'Arte in Rome, and the Chamber of Deputies purchased one of his works. In 2000, he created a monumental bronze sculpture titled Uomini, delfini e parallelepipedi (Men, Dolphins and Parallelepipeds) for the entrance to the Nagoya Aquarium in Japan. In the summer of 2005, the Chiostro del Bramante in Rome hosted a major exhibition of his work. He participated in the 54th Venice Biennale.

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